"The most reliable and useful courage was that which arises from the fair estimation of the encountered peril, but an utterly fearless...

"Better is it to perish in that howling infinite, than be ingloriously dashed upon the lee, even if that were safety!" This line, indeed...

"For small erections may be finished by their first architects; grand ones, true ones, ever leave the copestone to posterity. God keep me...

"And once for all, let me tell thee and assure thee, young man, it’s better to sail with a moody good captain than a laughing bad one."...

"In this world, shipmates, sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without a passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at...